Community of Democracies Bucharest NGO Forum
November 14-15, 2003, Bucharest, Romania
Partnerships between civil society, governments and international organizations for strengthening democracy

The website bucharest-cd-ngoforum.ro (no longer active) provides full information for the November 14-15 Bucharest Regional Conference of Community of Democracies nongovernmental forum (for countries belonging to the Regional East European Group at the United Nations, plus Estonia)

The Regional Conference of the Community of Democracies for Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) and the NGO Forum will be held in Bucharest, November 14-15, 2003. At the second Regional Conference of the Community of Democracies, in Seoul, 2002, Romania offered to host this event.

The Community of Democracies (CD) is an international coalition of the democratic nations aimed at fostering cooperation for the protection and consolidation of democracy.

CD process was launched in Warsaw, in June 2000 when for the first time in history, more than 100 democratic countries agreed, in the Warsaw Declaration, to respect the core democratic principles and practices.

NGO Forums accompanied the CD Regional Conferences, being attended by NGOs representatives from the same countries that participated in the governmental meeting.

The Bucharest NGO Forum is an important opportunity for dialogue in order to advance democratic reforms in CEE.

The Bucharest NGO Forum will be held at Best Western Parc Hotel

The Bucharest NGO Forum official language is English Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Romania Country Office are organizing in partnership the Bucharest CD Conference and NGO Forum.

Partners Foundation for Local Development, FPDL, a Romanian NGO with extensive experience in promoting good governance and democratic culture in Romania and CEE, will support UNDP in organizing the NGO Forum, in terms of logistics and substance.

UNDP Romania, Local Government Initiative - LGI of the Open Society Institute, Freedomhouse support financially the NGO Forum.
Deadline for Registration: October 20, 2003

When registering please complete both:
REGISTRATION FORM
BEST PRACTICE FORM

Participant NGOs and any other interested NGOs are encouraged to share their best practices on Education for Democracy and/or Good Governance and Anti-Corruption, by filling the Best Practice Form.